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STUDY GUIDE THE CRAMMER CTHE CRAMMER A CRAMMER ? S GUIDE TO BOARD PREPARATION Cramming may not be optimal for exam preparation but it may be inevitable If the date of your certi ?cation or recerti ?cation exam is fast approaching and you are just beginning to study there ? s still time for you to bene ?t from a strategic approach It turns out that you are in good company People with high intelligence ?nd out early in life that cramming ?? an intense period of focused study shortly before an exam ?? can get them over most academic hurdles Cramming is further ingrained by the ??learn-and-dump ? approach to teaching and testing during the ?rst two years at some medical schools The good news is that if you are actively engaged in clinical practice you are learning constantly Every day with your patients prepares you for boards and each act of clinical reasoning is a reinforcement of your knowledge As you move forward into studying you can derive con ?dence from what you already know With self-knowledge and the right tools you can make the most of the time available Advances in cognitive science have produced new understanding of how best to learn and study with corresponding tactics to help even the most time-pressed studier Better still new study aids for physicians incorporate these techniques for e ?cient targeted preparation multiple-choice questions Take practice tests If you haven ? t taken a test recently train yourself for computerized test-taking Study with cases and case-based questions You might think that studying via cases-based questions won ? t cover enough ground fast enough for you But case-based questions are a good use of your time ?? and not only because they make up the majority of most boards Case-based questions engage your mind more actively than textbooks or lectures and such ??active learning ? is deemed best for knowledge retention The problem-solving we apply to a speci ?c patient ? s needs is how we learn in our daily practice It also is consistent with the clinical reasoning required for a board exam more so than a recitation of facts Use the ??blueprint ? for your board ? s exam to guide you The American Board of Internal Medicine for example makes available online the blueprint that guides creation of its exams In this case the blueprint COMBINE ??BEST PRACTICES ? FOR STUDYING WITH COMMON SENSE For most of us true lifelong learning and board preparation requires augmenting our knowledge with focused time to read and study Even if you are only a few weeks from your exam you can still integrate ??best practices ? with common sense approaches Here ? s how Learn how to take the test Knowing how to take a particular test is essential to a positive outcome and can be accomplished in a short time frame For most boards it is essential to practice with case-based questions and to master the art of Call Us